24 May 2018 | East North Pacific
24 May 2018 | East North Pacific
03 May 2018 | -Daniel's Bay, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia- A Must to Visit
01 August 2015 | SE Alaska
24 July 2015 | Gulf of Alaska
15 July 2015 | St Paul Harbor, Kodiak Island, Alaska
11 July 2015 | Alaskan Peninsula
10 July 2015 | Portage Bay, Alaskan Peninsula
08 July 2015 | Chignik, Alaskan Peninsula
08 July 2015 | Cushing Bay, Mitrofania Island, Alaskan Peninsula
06 July 2015 | Sandpoint, Popof I, Alaska, USA
02 July 2015 | Sandpoint, Popof I, Alaska
01 July 2015 | Sandpoint, Popof Island, Alaskan Peninsula
29 June 2015 | Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, Alaska
26 June 2015 | Near Sweeper Cove, Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
24 June 2015 | Chapel Cove, Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
21 June 2015 | North Pacific Passage
19 June 2015 | North Pacific Passage
17 June 2015 | North Pacific Passage
15 June 2015 | North Pacific Passage
Geographic Harbor
11 July 2015 | Alaskan Peninsula
Jim
Named by a National Geographic film crew that came in the aftermath of the Novarupta eruption in 1912, it is now THE place to observe bears in the wild. We arrived, as usual, late in the day to be greeted by the presence of two other yachts. Both local Kodiak boats out enjoying their cruising season. We met the crew off of a large motor yacht as they were heading out loaded with cameras, binoculars and tripod to look for bears. The tide was a little too high since the bears like to forage at low tide for mussels and clams but they returned successful and drove by in their dinghy to show us their photo. John had mentioned at least several times during the voyage that he hoped to see bears and better yet wished to have a photo taken of him with a bear in the photo. I was thinking all along, what are the chances of that!?. Well, this morning came with the sound of John's footsteps. He never gets up before I do. Is it Christmas morning or something? He was on the lookout and a few minutes later he reported a bear sighting. We hopped into the dinghy in our rain gear to fend off the drizzle and headed down the bay. First a mama and her cub, then a lone bear foraging on a sand spit. We spotted a bear on a nearby beach and headed quietly in. A lone male, with no cub to protect and totally focused on breakfast. Soon, he started moving in our direction and I started to get nervous. John hands me his Ipad and says "Now!. Get my picture with the bear in the background". And sure enough, we did. (Note for cruisers. C-Map shows a rock in the middle of the narrow channel leading to Geographic Harbor. I know where the rock is and it is not in the center of the channel. Ignore that rock and stay in the center of the channel).xxx --